python run command print stout code example

Example 1: how to run linux command in python

import os
cmd = 'your command here'
os.system(cmd)

Example 2: python run command and read output

>>> subprocess.check_output(['ls', '-l'])
b'total 0\n-rw-r--r--  1 memyself  staff  0 Mar 14 11:04 files\n'